| Paragraph | Text in A White Heron (1886) | Text in Tales of New England (1890) |
| 2 | and then settled down again to their thistle | and then wavered down again to their thistle |
| 3 | a little way beyond the boundary | a littleway beyond the boundary |
| 4 | glance now and then down the road or at the bees | glance now and then down the road, or at the bees |
| 6 | dawdle round till supper time! | dawdle round till supper-time! |
| 9 | the few chairs and the braided rugs and the table | the few chairs, and the braided rugs, and the table |
| 11 | soft spoken if he thought best | soft spoken if he thought it best |
| 14 | His ease-loving careless nature was like | His ease-loving, careless nature was like |
| 19 | She liked people who had some snap to them, she often avowed scornfully, and now she had chosen for a husband the laziest man in Walpole. | She often avowed scornfully that she liked people who had some snap to them, and now she had chosen for a husband the laziest man in Walpole. |
| 20 | walked up the side aisle together to their pew, the picture of middle-aged sobriety and respectability. Their fellow-parishioners, having | walked up the side aisle to their pew, the picture of middle-aged sobriety and respectability. Their fellow parishioners, having |
| 22 | weakly Sister Elton's remark that life was a constant chore | weakly Sister Elton's remark, that life was a constant chore |
| 22 | follered the sea, till when the women-folks | follered the sea, and when the women-folks |
| 23 | But things grew worse and worse, | Things grew worse and worse, |
| 23 | way his determination not to lose his temper ... His hair was handsome and curly from the | way a fine determination not to lose his temper ... His hair was bright and curly from the |
| 23 | She felt old and tired, and was hurt .... He had started out that morning to go lobstering, but he had returned from the direction of the village. | Nancy felt old and tired, and was hurt .... He had started out that morning to go lobstering, but from the direction of the village. |
| 25 | said Jerry, humbly | said Jerry humbly |
| 28 | "I expected you would be sorry," mourned Jerry, ... 'T ain't as if I hadn't always set everything by ye, if I be wuthless." | "I expected you would be distressed," mourned Jerry, .... 'T ain't as if I hadn't always set consid'able by ye, if I be wuthless." |
| 29 | discontent and rage that had been of slow but certain growth made her long | discontent and rage, that had been of slow but certain growth, made her long |
| 33 | pleasure this delinquent Jerry struck | pleasure the delinquent Jerry struck |
| 34 | return in September, when he parted | return in September when he parted |
| 34 | She could not believe that his marriage was only one of his makeshifts, and that as soon as he grew tired of the constraint he was ready to throw | She could not believe that this marriage was only one of his makeshifts, and that as soon as he grew tired of the constraint he would be ready to throw |
| 34 | "I suppose he did find it dull," | "I suppose he did find it stupid," |
| 34 | How much of his adventuring was true she never cared to ask. | How many of his marvelous tales were true she never cared to ask. |
| 35 | Jerry Lane, that idle vagabond, it was | that idle vagabond, Jerry Lane, |
| 37 | Now she had an ideal Jerry Lane to mourn over and think about, to cherish and admire; she was day by day | Now that she had an ideal Jerry Lane to mourn over and think about, to cherish and admire, she was day by day |
| 37 | if she only could see him again! | if she could only see him again! |
| 37 | She mourned for the man he ought to have been, not for the real Jerry, but she had loved him in the beginning enough to make | His mourned for the man he ought to have been, not for the real Jerry, but she had loved him enough in the beginning to make |
| 39 | I never was so outdone as I was when the deacon came home .... too low to ever hold the place again that she used to have in folks' minds. | I never was so outdone as when the deacon came home .... too low to ever hold the place again that she used to hold in folks' minds. |
| 40 | But Mrs. Elton did not half know with what unconscious prophecy her words were freighted. | But Mrs. Elton did not half comprehend the unconscious prophecy with which her words were freighted. |
| 41 | after hearing a piece of news, | after hearing a shocking piece of news, |
| 43 | "Skipper Nathan Low .... He's got a new schooner, Skipper Nathan has, and is going to build up a regular business of | "Capt'in Nathan Low .... He's got a new schooner, Capt'in Nathan has, and is going to build up a regular business of |
| 44 | bargains with Skipper Nathan, she thanked | bargains with Skipper Low, she thanked |
| 45 | "At dinner time I wasn't able to eat much of anything, and so I was talking with Cap'in Nathan, and asking him some questions about them parts; and I spoke something | "At dinner-time I wa'n't able to eat much of anything, and so I was talking with Capt'in Nathan, and asking him some questions about them parts; and I expressed something |
| 45 | he wasn't aboard, and | he wa'n't aboard, and |
| 48 | from the floor, where it had fallen. "Yes, he's dead to me, ... I've got so used to thinkin' -- No, don't you say nothin' to the folks, yet. | from the floor where it had fallen. "Yes, he's dead to me, ... I've got so used to thinkin' -- No, don't you say nothin' to the folks yet. |
| 52 | but he's taken a good wife | and he's taken a good wife |
| 54 | The baby was wide awake, | The baby was wide-awake, |
| 56 | Jerry Lane was alive than when he was counted among the dead.... She wondered often how the baby grew. She fancied sometimes the changes and conditions of the far-away household. Alas! she knew only too well the weakness of the man, and once, in a grim outburst of impatience, she exclaimed, "I'd rather she should have to cope with him than me!" | Jerry Lane was alive than when she had counted him among the dead.... She wondered often how the baby grew, and fancied again and again the changes and conditions of the far-away household. Alas! she knew only too well the weakness of the man, and once she exclaimed, in a grim outburst of impatience, "I'd rather others should have to cope with him than me!" |
| 57 | when the Ann Floyd, tailoress, of so many virtuous | when Ann Floyd, tailoress, of so many virtuous |
| 58 | She had put one cup and saucer on the table; she looked at them through bitter tears.... this failure of her best earthly hope was enough to break a stronger woman's heart. | She had put one cup and saucer on the table and then stood and looked at them through bitter tears.... the failure of her best earthly hope was enough to break a stronger woman'sheart. |
| 59 | The gray primness of the plant is made up of a hundred colors if you look close enough to find them. This same Marsh Rosemary stands in her | The gray primness of the plant is made up from a hundred colors if you look close enough to find them. This Marsh Rosemary stands in her |
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